Maryhaven, a comprehensive, community-based drug abuse treatment facility, combines a core commitment to 12-step principles and practices with the use of scientifically derived treatment interventions. Treatment goals at Maryhaven include abstin[...]

Although 12-Step is increasingly utilized as a recovery resource and is viewed by many addiction specialists as an integral component of treatment and long-term recovery, questions regarding participation and effectiveness of 12-Step programs fo[...]

This prospective longitudinal study examines patterns of psychiatric symptomatology among men admitted to treatment for cocaine dependence in 1988-1989. Study participants were interviewed at treatment intake, and at 1 year, 2 years and 12 years[...]

Measurements were made on the natural abundance 14C content (14C) of cocaine specimens seized between 2003 and 2009. The objective of this study was to determine the extent to which 14C analyses could quantify the "age" of recent cocaine seizure[...]

This Chartbook recognizes marijuana as a major component of the illicit drug problem. Major progress has been achieved in reducing youth marijuana use; nevertheless, the overall demand for marijuana remains strong. The supply of cannabis is comp[...]

Introduction: Excessive alcohol use cost the U.S. $223.5 billion in 2006. Given economic shifts in the U.S. since 2006, more-current estimates are needed to help inform the planning of prevention strategies.
Methods: From March 2012 to March 20[...]

Since the early twentieth century, both moral perspectives and changing perceptions of the disease model of alcoholism and addiction have significantlty influenced the formulation of US domestic policy on drugs and alcohol. Some fluctuations hav[...]

The 2017 National Drug Threat Assessment (NDTA) outlines the threats posed to the United States by domestic and international drug trafficking and the abuse of illicit drugs.
Over the past 10 years, the drug landscape in the United States has s[...]

The National Drug Threat Assessment outlines the threats posed to the United States by domestic and international drug trafficking and the abuse of illicit drugs.
Among the key 2018 NDTA findings:
Controlled prescription drugs remain respo[...]

Background: Extrapolation from studies in the 1980s suggests that smoking causes 25% of deaths among women and men 35 to 69 years of age in the United States. Nationally representative measurements of the current risks of smoking and the benefit[...]

This document is divided into five chapters, each summarizing an area of MDMA research: clinical studies; information on illicit users, neurotoxicity research in animals; neurotoxicity research in humans; and adverse events in illicit users. App[...]

BACKGROUND This study examines 30-year trajectories of heroin and other drug use among men and women who were in methadone maintenance treatment in California in the late1970s and interviewed in 1978–1981.
METHODS Nearly half (N = 428; 46.8%) [...]